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Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research (SAWBAR) is pleased to announce and
invite applications for various SAWBAR Awards for the year 2020. The awards are bestowed to
researchers who have done pioneering and innovative work in the field of wheat and barley
research leading to enhanced production through development of new advanced technologies, their
widespread adoption at farm level which led to better price realization and improvement in Indian
small and marginal farmer’s livelihood.
Society Awards and Fellows
1. Prof. Mahatim Singh Memorial Award (Annual-01): The award is sponsored by Dr. GP Singh,
Director, ICAR-IIWBR, Karnal in the memory of his father, Late Prof. Mahatim Singh. The award
will be given to a young scientist who is pursuing novel work in the field of wheat and barley
research and is a life member of the Society. The awardee will be decorated with a Plaque of
Merit, Certificate with citation and cash prize of rupees ten thousand only. The selection will be
based on their significant research achievements made during the past five years i.e.
2015 - 2020. The applicant must be a life member of the Society and should be below the
age of 45 years as on 30/06/2020
2. Dr. MV Rao Memorial Award(Annual-01):The award is jointly sponsored by Sri M Srinivas
Rao, Trustee, MV Rao Foundation for Agriculture and Development, Hyderabad; Dr S.V. Sai
Prasad, ICAR-IARI RS Indore; M/S Syngenta India Limited, Indore, Shri Manmohan Dhoot,
Kanood and M/S Vasundhara Seeds, Ujjain in the honour of Padma Shri Dr. MV Rao, a key
architect of the Green Revolution and a doyen of Indian agriculture. The award will be given to a
Distinguished Scientist who has made outstanding contribution in the field of wheat and barley
research in India. The award consists of a Plaque of Merit, Certificate with citation and cash prize
of rupees ten thousand only. The applicant must be a life member of the Society and should
be of 55 years or above as on 30/06/2020
3. Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award (Annual-01):The award is jointly sponsored by the staff of
ICAR-IIWBR; Wheat Research &Technology Fund (WRTF) and few scientists of AICRP on Wheat
and Barley. The award is institutionalized in the memory of Dr. S. Nagarajan to recognize and
encourage the basic/ applied/ strategic research in wheat and barley. The awardee will be
decorated with a Plaque of Merit, Certificate with citation and cash prize of rupees ten thousand
only. The applicant must be a life member of the Society and should be of 45 years or
above as on 30/06/2020
SAWBAR AWARDS (2020) Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research (SAWBAR)
ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR) Post Box # 158, Kunjpura Road, Karnal – 1320 001
Phone: 0184-2209164, Email:[email protected]
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Announcement for SAWBAR Awards -2020
4. Best Woman Scientist Award (Annual-01):The award is sponsored by SAWBAR and WRTF.
The award is institutionalized to recognize and encourage the women scientists who have done
pioneering and extra ordinary basic/ applied/ strategic research in wheat and barley. The
awardee will be decorated with a Plaque of Merit, Certificate with citation and cash prize of
rupees ten thousand only. The applicant must be a life member of the Society. There is no
age bar for this award.
5. SAWBAR Fellows (Annual--06): There will be two fellows chosen from Crop Improvement and
one each from Crop Protection, Resource Management, Quality and Basic Sciences, and Social
Sciences. Applicant must be a life member of the Society for the preceding 5 years. There is
no age-bar for SAWBAR Fellowship.
6. Best Paper Award (Annual-01): Best paper certificate will be given among the papers
published in all the issues of previous volume i.e. Volume 11.
7. Most Cited paper (Annual-01): The paper with maximum citations during previous five years
will be given a certificate.
1. Please use award specific prescribed proforma only. The application proforma can be downloaded from http://sawbar.in/sawbar-awards/
2. Applications in any other proforma will not be considered.
3. The applicant must be a life member of the Society and has paid all the dues by the closing
date of the application for applying for Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award, Dr. MV Rao
Memorial Award and Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award.
4. For applying for SAWBAR fellow, the applicant must be a life member of the Society for at
least 5 years at the closing date of award application.
5. The age limit for Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award is less than 45 years, Dr. S. Nagarajan
Memorial Award, the age should be 45 years or above, and for Padma Shri Dr. MV Rao
Memorial Award the age should be 55 years or above . There is no age limit for applying for
SAWBAR fellow and Best Woman Scientist Award.
6. For Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award, the selection will be based on the significant
research achievements made during past five years i.e. 2015 - 2020.
7. Minimum 60 marks are required for qualifying for the award.
8. Applicants getting equal and maximum marks will share the award.
9. The applicants can apply for any one of the award and SAWBAR fellow.
10. The award(s) will be presented during the Annual General Body meeting of the Society.
11. An additional advantage of maximum 5 marks will be given to the applicants who have published
papers in Journal of Cereal Research (earlier known as JWR and WBR).
12. Please attach scanned copy of the certified first or relevant page as a proof for each
claim/publication made in the application.
13. Claim without proof will not be entertained and no marks will be given for the claim.
14. For technology claim, please attach proper document in the form of publication in the peer
reviewed journal or package of practice recommended by the University/ Institute
General Guidelines for Various SAWBAR Awards (2020)
15. Give executive summary of your achievements in 150 words in Part A of the application
16. Mention clearly the name of award applied in the subject line.
17. The application duly signed and forwarded by the Competent authority in the
prescribed proforma should be sent as pdf file to [email protected]
18. Application sent to any other account of the society or office bearers will not be
entertained.
19. The last date for applications is 30th June, 2020.
20. The applications received after the closing date (30th June, 2020) will not be entertained.
21. SAWBAR office bearers are not eligible for any award except SAWBAR Fellow.
22. In all matters relating to the award, the decision of the award committee shall be
final and no correspondence on this account will be entertained.
23. For more detailed guidelines and award specific proforma, please visit the Society's website
http://sawbar.in/sawbar-awards/
SAWBAR AWARDS (2020) Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research (SAWBAR)
S.no. Activity Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award
Dr MV Rao Memorial Award
Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award
SAWBAR Fellow
Best Women Scientist Award
1 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION 10 5 5 5 5
Academic Performance
(Bachelor’s degree onwards:05
marks for Ist division 03 for 2nd
division and 01 for 3rd division)
Academic Performance score will be averaged
2 EXPERIENCE IN WHEAT AND BARLEY RESEARCH
10 15 15 15 15
Number of years completed
(1.0 mark for each complete year of experience)
3 PUBLICATIONS Full marks to first and corresponding author, 0.75 to co-authors
35 25 30 30 30
Score card for Evaluation for Various SAWBAR Awards (2020)
SAWBAR AWARDS (2020) Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research (SAWBAR)
S.no. Activity Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award
Dr MV Rao Memorial Award
Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award
SAWBAR Fellow
Best Women Scientist Award
3a Publications in Journal of Cereal Research (earlier known as Journal of Wheat Research and Wheat and Barley Research) Each paper published in Journal
of Cereal Research (earlier known as JWR and WBR) will be given 1.5 marks; maximum marks will be 5.0
5 5 5 5 5
3b Publications (Other Refereed Journals) Ten best research papers
published for Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award and total NAAS score (as per NAAS 2020 ratings) will be multiplied by 0.1
20 best research papers published for Dr S Nagarajan Memorial Award and SAWBAR Fellow and total NAAS score (as per NAAS 2020 ratings) will be multiplied by 0.05
15 best research papers published for Dr MV Rao Memorial Award and total NAAS score (as per NAAS 2020 ratings) will be multiplied by 0.05)
20 15 20 20 20
3c Other Publications 10 5 5 5 5 I. Books authored with ISBN numbers
only (minimum 100 pages): 2 mark for each author. (Maximum marks 4)
II. Books edited with ISBN numbers only (minimum 100 pages): 0.5 marks for each (Maximum marks 2)
III. Book chapters/Popular article/Technical article/ Technical reports/Extension folder/Newsletter 0.25 marks each (Maximum marks 5)
IV. Extension/ Research Bulletin/Manual/Compendium(min
SAWBAR AWARDS (2020) Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research (SAWBAR)
S.no. Activity Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award
Dr MV Rao Memorial Award
Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award
SAWBAR Fellow
Best Women Scientist Award
imum 25 pages): 0.50 marks each (maximum marks 5)
V. E-publication, Technology inventory and concept series published 0.25 marks for each (Maximum marks 3)
4 PRODUCTS/TECHNOLOGIES/PATENTS 3 marks for PI or lead claim, 1.5 marks for Co-PI/Co-Claim for each output
25 30 25 30 30
4a Innovative technologies developed, participatory technology developed, prototype, genetic stock, variety, product, vaccine, diagnostic kit, process, concept, methodology, software developed/Expert system developed/Decision support system/ models developed /Equipment or machinery designed or developed:
4b Technology spread and impact assessment
Wide spread adoption of the variety /planting materials /tools / machinery / technology developed etc. by the farmers / clients across the system / country with a perceptible impact (2 marks each)
Adoption of concept /methodology /product by research and academic members accreditation received , users of developed software’s, expert systems etc
Success stories/case studies published(2 marks each)
Frontline demonstrations
SAWBAR AWARDS (2020) Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research (SAWBAR)
S.no. Activity Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award
Dr MV Rao Memorial Award
Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award
SAWBAR Fellow
Best Women Scientist Award
Conduction of FLDs
(1 mark for each FLD conducted)
Compilation and Reporting of FLDs
(1 mark for 1000 FLDs)
TV or Radio talks (1 mark each; Maximum 2 marks)
4c Patents and IPR: 2 marks for each
patent granted; 3 marks for the
patent which is granted and
commercialized
5 RECOGNITION & AWARDS/SPECIAL ATTAINMENTS
5 10 10 10 10
International and National Awards, fellows awarded by recognized societies/bodies like DST, DBT, ICAR, NAAS, INSA (2 marks each)
Post-Doctoral Fellowships: 1 mark.
Institutional or recognized professional societies award / institute award/ fellowship / journal editor/appreciation letters: 1 mark each (maximum 3 marks)
Best Paper, Best Posters, Best Presentation 1 marks each (maximum 3 mark).
6 CAPACITY BUILDING/INSTITUTION BUILDING ACTIVITIES
10 10 10 10 10
6a Training conducted/imparted: Duration <5 days: 1 mark each; 6 to 20 days: 2 mark each; 21 days or more: 3 marks each
6b Major Facilities of more than 25 lacs created in laboratory or in field
SAWBAR AWARDS (2020) Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research (SAWBAR)
S.no. Activity Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award
Dr MV Rao Memorial Award
Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award
SAWBAR Fellow
Best Women Scientist Award
(1 marks each) 6c Resource generation by externally
funded projects (more than 10 lacs each) (1 marks each)
6d Field day/ farmers fair, exhibitions,
Kisan Divas, Awareness programme
etc.
(1 mark for each activity )
6e Member of committees related to
Institution building
6f Teaching &Student guide/ co-guide:
1 mark for each Master’s Degree
awarded as guide, 0.5 mark to co-
guide. 2 marks for Ph.D as guide
and 1 mark as co-guide.
Teaching: 0.25 mark for each
course/ semester
7 SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN WHEAT AND BARLEY Maximum 10 bullets (250 words)
5 5 5 5 5